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NAS Oceana 2005

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alhenderson
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NAS Oceana 2005

Post by alhenderson » Wed Sep 26, 2018 11:31 am

Eek - 2005 is considered "nostalgic"- feeling old now! Only got my EOS 300D in late 2004, so I was still getting to grips with the technology by this point. For some inexplicable reason I had it set on ISO 400 all day - on a beautiful, sunny day :S My processing technique also seems to have involved throwing away the originals once I had processed them, so all I have left are some fairly small JPGs which don't take too well to further processing. That said, I only have one picture of a 4 ship Tomcat break, so beggars can't be choosers!

I'll start with the best shot of the day, very happy to have caught this considering I'm not that good at flying shots:

ImageTomcat Break by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Fighters in the fleet flypast:


I'm sure a fair few people on here are familiar with this little machine, once a common sight in these parts:

ImageReunited by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Hurricane Hunter:

ImageHurricane Hunter by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Randolph based T-6:

Image03-3681 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

B-25 "Panchito"

ImagePanchito by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

ImagePropellers! by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Image165778 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Image151549 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Really like a T-28:

Image138245 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Couple of visitors from up the road at Pax River:

ImageIMG_6358 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

ImageIMG_6359 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Retro Tomcat taxying back in:

Image164601 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

VF-32 Swordsmen:

Image161860 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Bombcat landing back:

ImageBombcat by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

And a Strike Fighter Weapons School Atlantic T-34 with appropriate sharks mouth:

ImageIMG_6352 by Alistair Henderson, on Flickr

Thanks for looking!

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by SpilsbyPete » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:35 pm

I remember it well..
What a fantastic,but still a sad day

Pete

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by alhenderson » Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:48 pm

SpilsbyPete wrote:
Wed Sep 26, 2018 2:35 pm
I remember it well..
What a fantastic,but still a sad day

Pete
Out of interest - why sad? Was this the last show with Tomcats? They were retired in 2006, I thought...

Al.

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by SpilsbyPete » Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:01 pm

Unless I am wrong.
I believe this was the last show.

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by alhenderson » Wed Sep 26, 2018 9:19 pm

SpilsbyPete wrote:
Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:01 pm
Unless I am wrong.
I believe this was the last show.
Looks like there were some in 2006: http://www.airshows.co.uk/reports/overs ... -air-show/

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by paddyboy » Thu Sep 27, 2018 5:39 am

What a mixture of classics, Alistair :Wow:

What great shots too :thumbs:

Thanks for posting :thumb:

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by Knife 04 » Thu Sep 27, 2018 7:30 am

Fantastic subject matter - love the F-14s and especially that first one

A couple of nice helos in there as well

Thanks for posting up

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by SpilsbyPete » Fri Sep 28, 2018 1:37 pm

Oh dear.
Must be old age taking it's toll.
You are correct,The last show was 2006.
I checked and I was there.

Pete

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by LTFT5 » Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:14 am

All great but for me its the USNTPS
Thanks for sharing
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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by bobthehandyman » Tue Oct 02, 2018 8:49 pm

very nice, F14's in the break and with some cloud in the sky, both rare. Nice work.

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by F3 » Sat Oct 06, 2018 8:07 pm

Hear, hear. Superb 1st shot!

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by james baker » Fri Oct 12, 2018 7:25 pm

The final F14 s were at Oceana 2006 and after the display in September that year within a month they had all gone to the bone yard .

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by james baker » Sat Oct 13, 2018 9:37 am

The break shot of the F 14 s is superb I know because the next year 2006 show I got the same opportunity and failed to get it sharp great photo.

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by galaxysi » Sun Oct 14, 2018 8:30 am

That first shot is brilliant.

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by SW Sky Blue » Sun Oct 14, 2018 5:13 pm

Good stuff :thumb:

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Re: NAS Oceana 2005

Post by alhenderson » Mon Oct 15, 2018 9:58 pm

Thanks for all the kind comments, everyone! :thumbs:

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